Roll of Honour - Cambridgeshire - Boer War Cambridgeshire, Isle of Ely and Peterborough

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The Royal British Legion

Boer War - All Men
from Cambridgeshire, Isle of Ely and Peterborough Memorials

Surname	Forenames	Rank	Regiment	Details
ABEL	F	Private	1st The Rifle Brigade, (The Prince Consort’s Own)	5266, killed in action 27-2-1900 at Harts Hill where he is buried
ALDERTON	B F F	Trooper	1^st King's Dragoon Guards	3797, 1^st King's Dragoon Guards, died of disease 5-3-1901, Pretoria. - Cambridge
ALLEN	EG	Private	The Northamptonshire Reg.
ALLENSBY	G A	Private	Suffolk Regiment/Mounted Infantry	4709, Mounted Infantry, died of disease 26-2-1901, Wynberg.
ANDREW	E	Gunner	Royal Artillery
ANDREW	H	Sergeant	Royal Artillery
ANDREWS	F	Private	Scots Guards	Scots Guards - Whittlesford
ANDREWS	J	Private	The Northamptonshire Reg.
ANDSLEY	William	Lance Corporal	Suffolk Regiment	4794, Suffolk Regiment, killed in action 6-1-1900, Colesberg.
ARBON	J	Private	Suffolk Regiment	2725, Suffolk Regiment, wounded 6-1-1900, Colesberg, died of disease 20-9-1900, Kroonstad.
ARNULL	Thomas [A]	Private	Suffolk Regiment	2209, Suffolk Regiment, died of wounds 6-1-1900, Colesberg.
ARROWSMITH	Henry	Lance Sergeant	1st Suffolk Regiment	3952, or 3594, 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. Commemorated on the Suffolk Memorial, Suffolk Hill, Colesburg. Killed in action 6th January 1900 at Suffolk Hill.
ASKHAM	J W	2^nd Corporal	23rd Company, Royal Engineers	24158, died 13-2-1900 of Enteric fever in Ladysmith and buried at Intombi camp.
ATT[S]WELL	James M	Lance Corporal	1st Suffolk Regiment	3369, 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. Commemorated on the Suffolk Memorial, Suffolk Hill, Colesburg. Private on Suffolk Memorial. Killed in action 6th January 1900 at Suffolk Hill.
BAILEY	W	Private	Grenadier Guards
BAKER	John	Sergeant	1st Suffolk Regiment	384, 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. Commemorated on the Suffolk Memorial, Suffolk Hill, Colesburg. Killed in action 6th January 1900 at Suffolk Hill.
BAKER	T G	Corporal	3rd Grenadier Guards	5804, 3rd Grenadier Guards, died of enteric fever, 13-3-1900, Modder River.
BALTZAR	William	Private	1st Suffolk Regiment	2868, 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. Commemorated on the Suffolk Memorial, Suffolk Hill, Colesburg. BALTZER on Suffolk memorial. Killed in action 6th January 1900 at Suffolk Hill.
BARKER	AF	Private	The Suffolk Reg.	possibly Albert Barker, 814, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 38-6-1900, Bloemfontein
BARKER	Albert	Private	Suffolk Regiment	814, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 38-6-1900, Bloemfontein.
BARNES	J	Private	1st Suffolk Regiment/4th Mounted Infantry	5370, 1st Suffolk Rgt/4th Mounted Infantry, died of disease, 22-12-1901, Pretoria.
BARNES	Samuel	Private	1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment	2196, 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. Commemorated on the Suffolk Memorial, Suffolk Hill, Colesburg. Killed in action 6th January 1900 at Suffolk Hill.
BARRETT	G R K	Private	Suffolk Regiment	Suffolk Regiment
BARRINGHAM	W	Corporal	The Bedfordshire Reg.
BARRON	C	Sergeant	10th Hussars
BARTON	H	Private	1st Royal Fusiliers	6937, 1st Royal Fusiliers, died of disease 16-5-1900, Kimberley - Cambridge
BATTISSON	T	Private	The Royal Scots (Lothian Reg. )
BEDWELL	Harry Albert	Private	Suffolk Regiment	3961, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 14-11-1900, Middelburg.
BELLAIRS	W	Trooper	The Imperial Yeomanry
BENNETT	CF	Farrier	The Imperial Yeomanry
BENNETT	EMB	Sergeant	The Imperial Yeomanry
BENTLEY	A	Private	The Northamptonshire Reg.
BERRY	W	Trooper	The Imperial Yeomanry	2216, killed in action 29-5-1900 at Biddulphsberg & buried at Senekal
BEST	F S H	Private	3^rd King's Royal Rifles	3^rd King's Royal Rifles - Cambridge
BETTLES	CR	Private	St. John Ambulance Brigade
BIRD	R J	Private	1^st Manchester	1^st Manchester - Cambridge
BLOTT	JR	Lance. Corporal	The City of London Imperial Volunteers
BLUNSOM	F	Private	The Northamptonshire Reg.
BOAR	H	Private	The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
BOLT	E	Trooper	The Imperial Yeomanry
BOOTH	Herbert	Private	The Leicestershire Reg.	3799, killed in action, Lombards Kop 30-10-1899 and is buried in town cemetery Ladysmith
BOOTH	O	Private	The Northamptonshire Reg.
BOSWORTH	J	Private	Suffolk Regiment/28th Mounted Infantry	5681, 28th Mounted Infantry, died of disease 31st March 1902, Germiston.
BOUNDS	HW	Trooper	16th Lancers
BOWMAN	F	Gunner	Royal Artillery
BOYCE	C	Able Seaman	HMS Powerful	151746, died in Ladysmith, date and grave unknown
BOYCE	W	Private	Suffolk Regiment	2133, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 22th May 1901, Middelburg.
BRIDGE	Arthur	Private	1st Suffolk Regiment	2230 or 3230, 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. Commemorated on the Suffolk Memorial, Suffolk Hill, Colesburg. Killed in action 6th January 1900 at Suffolk Hill.
BRINDLEY	George Frederick Wallace Brindley	Captain	The Manchester Reg.	2nd Battalion. Died of wounds received in action at Holland 19th December 1901. Born July 1874. Entered the Manchester Regiment from the 4th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, December 1896. Promoted lieutenant November 1897 and captain October 1900. He was seconded from his regiment for service with the Mounted Infantry.
BRITTEN	EH	Private	The Northamptonshire Reg.
BROMWICH	J	Private	The Northamptonshire Reg.
BROWN	A	Private	The Northumberland Fusiliers
BROWN	Arthur Wale	Captain	1st Suffolk Regiment	Wounded at Rensburg, 6th January 1900, died of wounds at Jacobsdarl, Pretoria, 26th January 1900, age 33. [Reported in news of the World 14-Jan-1900] 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. Commemorated on the Suffolk Memorial, Suffolk Hill, Colesburg. Son of J Brown, Coombe Villa, Teignmouth. Born 1867. Educated at Allhallows School, Honiton. Joined the Suffolk Regiment in 1889, promoted lieutenant 1893, captain 1898. Accompanied his battallion to South Africa November 1899.
BROWN	D	Private	9th Imperial Yeomanry	36299, 9th Imperial Yeomanry, died of disease, 26-1-1902, Heilbron.
BROWN	J	Trooper	9th Lancers
BROWN	J R	Private	The Northamptonshire Reg.	2899 Sgt. J. Brown 2/Northamptonshire Regiment who died of disease at Warmbad 15th May 1901 and buried in Pietersburg Cemetery
BROWN	S	Private	The Northamptonshire Reg.
BROYD	Frank	Private	Suffolk Regiment	1131, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 11-7-1900, Germiston.
BRUTY	George	Private	Suffolk Regiment	4835, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 31-5-1900, Vet River
BULL	HJ	Private	The Royal Irish Rifles
BULL	J	Private	The Northamptonshire Reg.
BULMAN	W E	Sergeant	Imperial Yeomanry	Imperial Yeomanry - Cambridge
BURTON	JH	Private	The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
BUTCHER	Alfred	Private	Suffolk Regiment	2913, Suffolk Regiment died of disease 12-6-1900, Bloemfontein.
CAMPBELL	Ernest George	Captain	The Rifle Brigade	4th Battalion. Wounded near Bergendal, 21st July 1900. Died of wounds 23rd July 1900. Aged 27. Born June 1873. Educated at Eton (Mr Austen Leigh's). Entered the Rifle Brigade December 1892. Promoted Lieutenant July 1895 and Captain April 1900. Served with the Tochi Field Force on the North-West Frontier of India 1897-9 (medal and bar). Fell while leading his men to storm a strong Boer position at Bergendal. Sir R Buyller in his despatch of 13th September 1900 stated he much regretted the death of Captain Campbell who led his company "most gallantly", London Gazette 8th FDebruary 1901. Memorial in Northampton Cathedral - "To the Glory of God and in memory of Brave Men, inhabitants of this County and neighbourhood, who gave their lives for their Sovereign and Country during the War in South Africa 1899-1902, the Western Window of this Cathedral was filled with stained glass, AD 1903...The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), Captain E.G. Campbell..."
CANHAM	E	Sergeant	King's Royal Rifles	King's Royal Rifles - Cambridge
CAREY	Seymour James	Lieutenant	1st Suffolk Regiment	Killed in action near Rensburg, 6th January 1900, age 26. 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. Commemorated on the Suffolk Memorial, Suffolk Hill, Colesburg. Born January 1874, Margate, Kent, son of Arthur and Elizabeth Carey of 21 Rosary Gardens, London. Educated St Paul's School, London. Entered the Suffolk Regiment in January 1895, promoted lieutenant May 1897. Served as Chief of Police in the Monofatsi district of Crete from November 1898 to July 1899 and was mentioned in despatches for services rendered in that capacity. He accompanied his battalion to South Africa November 1899.
CAVENDISH	Charles William Hugh	2nd Lieutenant. The Honourable	17th Lancers	Killed in action at Diamond Hill, near Pretoria. 11th June 1900. Aged 21. Son of Lord Chesham. Born September 1878. Only son of Lord Chesham, commanding the Imperial Yeomanry. Educated at Eton (Mr Ainger's). Entered 17th Lancer's from Royal Military College August 1898. Sent to South Africa February 1900. Served with is regiment in Orange River County and the Transvaal before being killed at Diamond Hill. Memorial in Northampton Cathedral - "To the Glory of God and in memory of Brave Men, inhabitants of this County and neighbourhood, who gave their lives for their Sovereign and Country during the War in South Africa 1899-1902, the Western Window of this Cathedral was filled with stained glass, AD 1903........ 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers, 2nd Lieut. The Hon. C.W.H. Cavendish ........"
CAWLEY	William J	Private	Suffolk Regiment	3298, Suffolk Regiment, prisoner of war 6-1-1900, Colesberg, died 5-6-1900, Waterval.
CAWTHORN	A	Bombardier	Royal Field Artillery/27th Mounted Infantry	17623, Royal Field Artillery died of disease on 19 April 1902 at Elandsfontein while serving with the 27th Mounted Infantry.
CHAPMAN	H	Private	Suffolk Regiment/28th Mounted Infantry	5320, 28th Mounted Infantry, died of disease 2-3-1902, Pretoria.
CHASE	James	Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master	Scots Guards	1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Died of disease Modder River, 3rd February 1900, age 41. Born July 1858, Warrant Officer for 6 years and obtained his commission in the Scots Guards in May 1891. Served in Egyptian Expedition 1882 (medal and bar, Khedives (bronze) star), present at the action at Mahuta, and the battle of Tel-el-Kebir. Accompanied his battalion to South Africa in October 1899 and served with it up to the time of his death.
CHEVERTON	T	Private	Army Ordnance Corps	3846, Army Ordnance Corps, died of disease 27-3-1901, Newcastle. - Cambridge
CLARKE	GFH	Private	The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
CLAYSON	H	Private	The Northamptonshire Reg.
CLAYTON	A	Gunner	Royal Artillery
CLAYTON	J C	Trooper	19th Hussars	4375, 19th Hussars, killed in action 6-1-1901, Lake Chrissie. - Dullingham
COBBIN	William	Private	Suffolk Regiment	2506, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 6-7-1900, Germiston.
COBBOLD	H	Private	Suffolk Regiment/28th Mounted Infantry	5615, 28th Mounted Infantry, died of disease 7-3-1902, Elandsfontein.
COLEMAN	F	Sergeant	Suffolk Regiment	3917, Suffolk Regiment died of disease 15-12-1901, Krugersdorp.
COLEMAN	W	Private	Suffolk Regiment	3355, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 27-12-1900, Pretoria.
COLEMAN	W	Private	The Northamptonshire Reg.
COLLINS	GH	Private	The South Wales Borderers
COOPER	Alfred	Private	1st Suffolk Regiment	5118, 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. Commemorated on the Suffolk Memorial, Suffolk Hill, Colesburg. Killed in action 6th January 1900 at Suffolk Hill.
COOPER	H	Private	Suffolk Regiment	3907, Suffolk Regiment died of disease 27-12-1900, Pretoria.
COOPER	JB	Private	The Northamptonshire Reg. Volunteer Company
CORDER	H	Private	Suffolk Regiment	4517, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 22-4-1901, Charlestown.
CORR (CORE)	WJ	Trooper	South African Light Horse	998, died 11-4-1900 in Ladysmith where he is buried in the town cemetery. Listed on the Boer War Memorial, Saxonwold, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
CORNWALL	G	Trooper	5^th Lancers	5^th Lancers - Cambridge
COWELL	William Scott	Private	2nd Yorkshire Light Infantry	4534, 2nd Yorkshire Light Infantry, killed in action 28-11-1899, Modder River. - Chesterton
CRANE	W	Private	The Northamptonshire Reg.
CURSLEY	A	Private	Grenadier Guards
CUTHBERT	Walter	Private	1st Suffolk Regiment	4232, 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. Commemorated on the Suffolk Memorial, Suffolk Hill, Colesburg. Killed in action 6th January 1900 at Suffolk Hill.
DAMES	E	Lance Corporal	Suffolk Regiment	5052, Suffolk Regiment, died of diesease 23-5-1901, Middelburg.
DANIELS	H	Sergeant	Grenadier Guards
DAVIS	A	Private	The Suffolk Reg.
DAVIS	C	Private	Suffolk Regiment	5166, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 5-5-1901, Pretoria.
DAW	Alfred H	Private	1st Suffolk Regiment	3339, 1st Suffolk Regiment, died of disease, 30-12-1900, Aliwal North. Born circa 1872, son of Edward & Cecilia DAW. Father a Staff Sgt. in the Cambs Militia, family living in Ely in 1881.
DAY	J	Private	The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Reg. )
DAY	W	Private	2nd Grenadier Guards	6427, 2nd Grenadier Guards, killed in action 29-5-1900, Senekal. - Bassingbourn
DAY	William	Lance Corporal	Suffolk Regiment/Mounted Infantry	2951, Mounted Infantry, died of disease 1-11-1900, Bloemfontein.
DAYNES	Albert William	Private	1st Suffolk Regiment	Cambridge - 3000, 1st Suffolk Rgt, died of disease 23-4-1900, De Aar.
DEADMAN	W	Private	Suffolk Regiment/28th Mounted Infantry	5636, 28th Mounted Infantry, prisoner of war 31-3-1902, Boschbult; died of disease 28-5-1902, Vryburg.
DEWELL	J	Private	Suffolk Regiment/28th Mounted Infantry	5543, 28th Mounted Infantry, died of disease 22-1-1902, Elandsfontein.
DIX	Robert J	Private	The Leicestershire Reg.	3702, died of wounds in Ladysmith 21-2-1900 and is buried in the town cemetery
DOGGETT	A G	Trooper	5^th Lancers	5^th Lancers - Cherryhinton
DOUBLE	C	Private	Suffolk Regiment	Suffolk Regiment
DOVE	J	Corporal	The Northamptonshire Reg. Volunteer Company
DOWIE	Ronald MacKenzie	Captain	Suffolk Regiment	Wounded by gunshot to abdomen near Vredeport, 17th December 1901, died at Kroonstad 20th December 1901. Assigned 3rd Battalion but serving with the 1st Battalion. Formerly held a commission as lieutenant with 4th Battalion being gazetted to a company in the 3rd Battalion in January 1900.
DOWNING	W A	Lance. Corporal	The East Surrey Reg.	4806, killed in action on 23-2-1900 at Wynne Hill where he is buried
DUNKLEY	A	Private	The Bedfordshire Reg.
DUNKLING	T	Private	1st Suffolk Regiment	1913, 1st Suffolk Regimentt, died of disease, 27-4-1901, Wonderfontein.
DYER	W	Private	Suffolk Regiment	4811, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 24-1-1900, Pretoria.
EDGE	JG	Private	The Lincolnshire Reg.
EDGELEY	Frank	Private	Suffolk Regiment	5229, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 2-4-1900, Prieska.
ELLINGHAM	Charles	Lance Corporal	Suffolk Regiment	4660, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 15-6-1900, Bloemfontein. Also on Bedfordshire Boer War Memorial.
ELLIS	A	Private	St. John Ambulance Brigade
EVANS-FREKE	Cecil Montague	Lieutenant. The Honourable	16th Lancers	Died of wounds 15th June 1900, wounds received 2nd June 1900 in action near Orange Grove. Youngest son of the 8th Lord Carbery and Victoria Lady Carbery, of Glaston House, Uppingham and was uncle of the then present peer. Born September 1876. Educated at Eton (Mr Vaughan's). Entered the 16th Lancers from Royal Military College April 1897. Promoted lieutenant October 1899. Sent to South Africa in February 1900. Present at the releif of Kimberley, the battle of Paadeberg and the advance on Bloemfontein. There is also a tablet erected by his brother officers at Glaston in his memory.
EVERITT	A G	Corporal	19^th Hussars	19^th Hussars - Chesterton
EYKYN	Cecil	Captain	The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)	2nd Battalion - Wounded at Koodoosberg, 7th February 1900. Died next day. Aged 32. Son of the late Thomas Eykyn, of 47 Hyde Park Gate, London. Born June 1867. Educated at Harrpw. Entered the Royal Highlanders from 3rd Battalion, King's Own Light Infantry, July 1889. Promoted to lieutenant January 1891 and captain November 1898. He had served with his battalion in the Kimberley Relief Column, and was present at the battle of Magersfontein.
FARROW	A	Private	St. John Ambulance Brigade
FELCE	H	Lance. Corporal	Royal Army Medical Corps
FEW	S C	Private	Imperial Yeomanry	Imperial Yeomanry - Cambridge
FINCH	Edward	Private	Suffolk Regiment	4915, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 9-11-1900, Johannesburg.
FINTER	J	Private	Suffolk Regiment	5309, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 13-3-1901, Middelburg.
FISHER	W T	Private	The King’s Royal Rifle Corps	7039 Pte. W. Fisher 3/King's Royal Rifle Corps died of disease at Modder Spruit 16th May 1900 and is buried at Elandslaagte Naval Cemetery.
FISK	Ernest	Private	Suffolk Regiment	5231, Suffolk Regiment, died of disease 21-6-1900, Germiston
FITZHUGH	W	Private	The Northamptonshire Reg.
FORGE	Frederick	Private	1st Suffolk Regiment	3496 or 3494, 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. Commemorated on the Suffolk Memorial, Suffolk Hill, Colesburg. Killed in action 6th January 1900 at Suffolk Hill.
FORSDYKE	J	Private	Suffolk Regiment

Boer War - All Men from Cambridgeshire, Isle of Ely and Peterborough Memorials

Boer War - All Men
from Cambridgeshire, Isle of Ely and Peterborough Memorials